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Ring
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Aramatelka (Amtalqa)
568–555 B.C.
Object Place: Sudan, Nubia
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Diameter of ring: .025 x .022; plaque: .011 x .009
Accession Number
20.264
Medium or Technique
Amazonite
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Spiral fluted gold wire with rectangle of green amazonite.
Provenance
From Nubia, Nuri. Tomb of Aramatelka (Amtalqa). 1917: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
Findspot Information: Found in the Tomb of Amtalqa, (Pyramid 9 at Nuri), January 1917.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition